Professional misconducts of teachers and way out

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[...] These days, a lot of professional misconducts could be noticed among teachers. Many teachers are now disillusioned, lazy, uncommitted, and unpatriotic. This paper is an examination of the misconducts observable among teachers, such as: immoral relationship with female pupils/students, involvement in examination malpractices, extortion of money from pupils/students, poor records keeping, involvement in commercial activities within and outside school, which have eroded the confidence reposed in them by government, parents, and other education stakeholders. To redeem the lost confidence, re- orientation of teachers, improvement in their conditions of service, among other measures, are recommended. [...]

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[...] All these make pupils/students involved to miss lessons and likely contribute to their poor academic performance in schools Drinking and Smoking A teacher is expected to stay in school to perform his/her duties conscientiously within the school period. After closing hour, a teacher has the right to enjoy himself/herself in a way he/she feels convenient. It can however be observed that some teachers, particularly those in the rural areas, do drink alcohol and smoke during official school period thus sending wrong signal to pupils/students who look up to them as role models. Many pupils/students also imbibe this habit after graduation to become alcohol and drug addicts in the society. [...]

[...] (2003). School Discipline, Teachers Attitude and Ethics of the Teaching Profession. Paper presented at the workshop on skills improvement programme for performance of teachers in Ondo State. Akinwumiju, J.A. (1996) Effective Management of Primary Schools' Records in A.O.Ajayi & J.A. Akinwumiju (Eds). Personnel Performance and Capacity Building for Ondo / Ekiti State Primary Education Boards. Anukam, I.L (2001). Investigating factors influencing primary school learning achievement in Imo State, in N.A Nwagwu (et al) Current Issues in Educational Management in Nigeria. [...]

[...] Any bad behaviour noticed in a teacher can be copied by his/her pupils/students. Such pupils/students can grow with those behaviours and may take several years before the habits can be corrected. Many misconduct could be noticed among teachers these days, which are not only disturbing but reduces the status of teachers and teaching. These include: Absence from School and Classes What can be noticed in schools, are situations where some teachers absent themselves from schools. Many teachers take delight in failing to show up in class under the pretext of being engaged in personal/extra- curricular activity(ies). [...]